Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Puebla

• Locality

  Mx. Hwy. 119 (N side, at km 76), 4.3 km (by road) NW of Zacatlán on road to Ahuazotepec.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2300 m. (7546 ft.)

• Coordinates

  19.95, -97.98

• Location Notes

  [Central America & Mexico]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC
det. James L. Luteyn
Pernettya
Examined for a revision of the Mexican and Guatemalan taxa of
Gaultheria (Ericaceae).
Celeste M. Corcoran
University of Wisconsin-Madison (WIS)	1981
Plants of MEXICO
Shrub to .5 m high, corolla and calyx
white, fruit green, pubescence rusty#
PUEBLA: Mex. Bwy. 119 (N side, at km. 76),
U.3 km (by road) NW of ZACATLAN on road to
Ahuazotepec. Somewhat degraded Pinus leio-
phylla-Quercus forest with grassy understory
(Stipa sp., Briza rotundata); assoc, incl.
Geranium schiedeanum, Viola aff. primulifolia,
Monotropa uniflora, Chimaphila umbellata, Lep—
echinia schiedeana, Pedicularis canadensis,
Ggl i htti uncinulatum, & Relbunium hypocarpium.
(19°5T'N, 97°59'W) No.: 16^8B July 3, 1978
Coll(s): „	_	Alt. 2330 m.
Celeste M* Corcoran
Dept. Botany, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison, Mexican research
trip» summer 1978* Participants* G-J« Breckon, M.E.
Breckon, S. Caughlan, T.S. Cochrane, B.A. Cochrane, C.M,
Corcoran, G. Diggs, D«A* Kolterman, & M.A. Raveret.
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